Roll Call For Hamitlon County Teachers
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At 46 schools in Hamilton County, teachers had worse attendance than their students in 2007, according to figures provided by the Hamilton County Department of Education. At 18 schools, teacher attendance was about the same as student attendance, and at 13 schools, teacher attendance was better than student attendance, district data shows.
Hamilton County Board of [...]
Teachers Pest Top Health Official Sacked
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THE chief medical officer of HealthQuest, the medical screening body for all public servants, has been sacked after telling the Education Department a teacher it intended employing was being investigated by police for defamatory website postings about him.
An external investigation by the former NSW Police deputy police commissioner David Madden found that Dr Peter Dodwell [...]
Draud Urges Investment In Ky. Education
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If Kentuckians are going to overcome the challenges of the 21st century and realize the standard of living they desire, the commonwealth’s leaders must realize that investment in the state’s public educational system is the only way to be successful.
That was the message Kentucky Education Commissioner Dr. Jon Draud delivered as he spoke to about [...]
Quick City And Town News From All Editions Of Today’s Providence Journal
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The state Department of Education has determined that prospective Providence schools chief Thomas M. Brady is eligible to receive a superintendent’s certificate, according to a spokesman for the education commissioner.
The Central High School Class of 2008 may have been the hottest class ever as temperatures topped 97 degrees in Providence, breaking records and keeping graduation [...]
Many States Leave Behind Education Law
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More than 20 states have procrastinated in meeting the No Child Left Behind law’s requirement that all students reach grade-level proficiency by 2014 and will be hard-pressed to make needed improvements before the deadline, a report released today shows.
The Center on Education Policy (CEP) issued its report at the midway point of the 2002 NCLB [...]
Public Schools As Good As Private Schools In Raising Math Scores, Study Says
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Students in public schools learn as much or more math between kindergarten and fifth grade as similar students in private schools, according to a new University of Illinois study of multi-year, longitudinal data on nearly 10,000 students.
The results of the study appear in the May issue of the education journal Phi Delta Kappan.
“These data provide [...]
Obama, Clinton Stress Economic Issues Campaigning in Indiana
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- Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, campaigning in Indiana, put their focus on the economic concerns of job losses and the rising cost of health-care Education Law, education and gasoline as they tried to appeal to middle-class voters.
“I looked around the country and in too many communities what I saw were people who had been [...]
W.House backs much of House student loan bill
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday it supports major provisions of a bill expected to come to a vote on Thursday in the House of Representatives that aims to stabilize the troubled student loan market.
“The administration is committed to ensuring that students and their parents have access to the federal student aid [...]
Student Loan Corp says it suspends some lending
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“These changes reflect the decisive action that is needed
to manage our business through this difficult time in the
overall economy,” Michael Reardon, chief executive of SLC, said
in a statement.
SLC’s announcement came amid growing concern about student
loan availability this autumn.
Last year, Congress slashed federal subsidies paid to
lenders involved in the federally guaranteed student loan
program.
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W.House backs much of House student loan bill
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday it supports major provisions of a bill expected to come to a vote on Thursday in the House of Representatives that aims to stabilize the troubled student loan market.
“The administration is committed to ensuring that students and their parents have access to the federal student aid [...]
